| 词汇 | bosom bread |
| 词源 | bosom bread. A historical term for the large flat loaves of bread that black hands working the Mississippi steamboats in the 19th century often carried inside their shirt fronts for snacks throughout the day. They needed such fuel, as these longshoremen expended more energy than almost any other workers at the time. |
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